Railroad-rail



MAJOR B. EGBERT,

OF VANLUE, OHIO.

RAILROAD-RAIL.

SPECIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Application filed To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, MAJOR BRITE EGBERT, of Vanlue, in the county ofHancock and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rails for Railroads; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing parts of two rails made andunited according to the present invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view,on reduced scale, showing entire rails united according to the presentinvention. Fig. 3 is a detail, showing the parts in vertical section.

The object of said invention is to 'produce a railroadtrack that shallbe essentially continuous bearing, and whereof the rail shall be lighterthan is now usually made, and at same time, by the peculiar combinationtherewith of a fish-plate on each side, and of same length as the rail,provide a very strong and durable device; and the novelty consists moreparticularly in a -rail made considerably lighter than is usual now, andhaving a plate on each side firmly fixed upon the rail and so applied asthat they shall lit snugly between the lower flange and the tread andextend from middle to middle of each rail, and thus form substantially acontinuous rail, all as will now be more fully set out and explained. a

In the accompanying drawings, A denote railroad-track rails, in mostrespects like what is known as J -rails; but the peculiarity of thepresent rails is that they are very considerably lighter than the railsnow in ordinary use.

In Fig. 1 are shown at A A the half-parts of two rails, and these areunited to each other Patent No. 226,048, dated March 30, 1880.

January 17, 1880 I by the side plates, B, which will extend from thecenter to the center of the length of each rail. These plates arefastened to the rail in any usual or ordinary way.

I have now illustrated how this can be done in one way, viz., by bolts12 passing through both plates B, and also the rail, which is betweenand headed.

The plates B are made of metal, and, being set on their edges snuglybetween the lower flange and the tread and firmly secured to the rail,will materially aid to support and stren gthenit; and, since the ends ofthe adjoinin g plates meet at the middle of each rail, there is affordedpractically a continuous rail, which will. give a very smooth andcontinuous hearing.

It will be observed that the side plates sustain the tread at the pointof hardest wear, and assist in the most effective manner instrengthening this portion of the rail.

By this invention is afforded a strong, cheap, and easily-constructedrailroad-track.

Having thus described my invention, what I consider new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a railroad-track, the combination, with rails made somewhat lighterthan is now usual, of pieces set edgewise on each side and snuglybetween the tread and bottom flange of the rails, sustaining the outeredge of the trend, and extending lengthwise from about center vto centerof each rail, and firmly united to each other and the rails between,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this14th day of November, 1879.

' MAJOR BRITE EGBERT.

Witnesses:

HENRY O. HAHN,

W. H. HAVEN.

